“Mediocre Food”: People Are Sharing Their Favorite Comfort Foods That Seem Underrated

There are two types of food lovers – one who cribs over the slightest cooking mistakes and the other one who happily chomps on the delicious meal while his friend keeps complaining about it being partially raw or missing an ingredient.

#1

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Burgers should be very flat and overly cooked. I don’t want a giant meatball of a burger wiith some artisan cut of beef. If i wanted beef I’d have a nice steak. My burgers are just the textural middle of a magical blend of condiments.

#2

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Sometimes a McDonald’s cheeseburger is the only thing I want in the world. Not often but that craving hits hard!

#3

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If you live in a northern country, just buy canned tomatoes. I’ve wasted so much time grinding fresh but flavourless tomatoes into a watery pasta sauce.

#4

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The Whopper Theorem: Larger burgers should be wider, not taller.

#5

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When I say I like coffee, that means I like *all* the coffee.

I appreciate high end coffee, but I also like truck stop coffee, church basement coffee, reheated late afternoon coffee. I just like coffee.

#6

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Broccoli is the f*****g best.

#7

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In a lot of dishes, like American-style Bolognese, powdered garlic and onion powders are just as important if not better than using the fresh minced onions and garlic. You can add up to a whole tablespoon of each, as well as the freshly chopped stuff. Don’t skimp on the dried Italian seasoning either.

#8

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Liquid Smoke works well for a lot of things. Not every bbq chicken dinner at home has to smoke for 10 hours. It’s also great for adding to dips and sandwich condiments.

#9

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Velveeta is not evil.

#10

Image source: majesticjules, Mike Mozart

Totally with you on the american cheese. Everytime someone on the internet mentions american cheese, someone chimes in saying it isn’t really cheese. Well so what? I can still like it.

#11

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Butter on a grilled cheese.

I’ve tried mayo. It’s just not as good.

#12

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Frying at home isn’t worth it. It’s messy, time consuming, and uses too much oil. My southern ancestors are rolling over in their graves as I type.

#13

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PB&J is a great sandwich.

#14

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There are actually some really excellent frozen pizzas (Screamin’ Sicilian).

#15

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Chicken tendies are tasty even if you’re a grown a*s person.

#16

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99% of the time, dry generic brand pasta is just *fine* for dinner. I spend all of my culinary efforts on the sauce/topping.

#17

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I will drink red wine with fish and white wine with beef. Who gives a s**t.

#18

Image source: connivingbitch, Ryutaro Tsukata

I don’t know what the best dessert in the world is, but I know it’s something baked and served warm with vanilla ice cream.

#19

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Food opinion- Italian American food is just as valid as Italian-Italian food. Just because some stuff had to me made with different versions of ingredients doesn’t mean it’s a radioactive evil sludge abomination. People get wayyyy too pissy about food cultures and trying to gatekeep it. Food is food. You need it to live. Who cares what shape of noodle it goes in your mouth? Either way, it’s gonna come out the same.

#20

Image source: PicturesqueCocktail, Andrew Filer

Pretty much all of my unpopular food opinions boil down to “your food elitism is stupid.”

American cheese tastes good, including kraft singles.
Spam tastes good.
Ketchup tastes good.
Who cares if someone likes their steak well done?
Nothing wrong with using minced garlic from a jar.
Nothing wrong with using pre-made spice blends.
Instant mashed potatoes taste good.

Sure, you can get better results with fresher and higher quality ingredients. But if someone doesn’t have the time, money, or patience for that, who caaaaaaares.